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More lives in Candy Crush

Written by: Cem A. Arel

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

A life changing trick (couldn’t resist) to get more lives in Candy Crush This post has nothing to do with translation, however if you are among the 50 million people (me included) that are more or less addicted to Candy…

Blog about funny misunderstandings

Written by: Irene

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

          Vorbeireden.de is a blog that collects funny misunderstandings from your holiday or everyday life – with the waiter or on the phone – anything that causes you to laugh afterwards. The three premises are: witty,…

Literal translation or the danger of getting lost in translation

Written by: Kenna

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

  Not too long ago, in the late eighties, the direct translation of a marketing campaign for an airline advertising their leather seats made it into the Hall of Fame of literal translations into Spanish.  The literal translation of the…

A tribute to Turkish women on International Women’s Day

Written by: Stephanie

Friday, March 8th, 2013

To the mothers, teachers, caregivers, risk takers, problem-solvers, and all women around the world, Copypanthers wishes you a very Happy International Women’s Day! The promotion of women’s rights is a priority for the global economy and for the development of…

Better than loanwords: untranslatable words

Written by: Stephanie

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

English is not the only language with its own share of untranslatable words: “spam” and “serendipity” are such, just to name but a few; and I would not venture to translate “googly” for any non English speaking cricket fans! That…

False friends in foreign languages

Written by: Kenna

Friday, February 15th, 2013

  Beware of false friends!  Surely you have been advised more than once to be careful when making new friends.  Well, anybody learning a foreign language will tell you that in any new language you learn, you will encounter more…

The Mesmerizing Istiklal Avenue

Written by: Stephanie

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Stop!  You found us! Do you want to be one of the three million pedestrians who daily stroll down the Istiklal Caddesi?  Formerly known as the Grande Rue de Pera, the Istiklal Avenue, translating literally as ‘Liberty Avenue’, is one…

On the look out for new panthers!

Written by: Stephanie

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

We are in shortage of panthers! Would you like to join a growing and dynamic business; be a decision maker, a manager, a business developer and achieve rapid results? Well, Copypanthers has two vacancies for Project Manager at our office in Istanbul!…

The politics of words and hot dogs

Written by: Kenna

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Did you know that the English word hot dog was first rejected from being included in a dictionary in 1934 but that it made its way into dictionaries more than 25 years later, along with other words like Zen and…

New panther on board!

Written by: Stephanie

Monday, January 21st, 2013

  This is a good start of the year for Copypanthers! This New Year, the Panthers are happy to welcome Kenna, “la pantera española”, now not only on hand to open the Spanish market, but also teaching us how to…

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